Mohave County miner., 1887-12-31
TERRITORIAL MINING ITEMS.
PIsAL COUNTY.


the Mammoth mine last Monday. Henry
Oatsman, a miner who had just com
menced working and had completed his
second shift, was coming up In the cage
and when near the top he leaned back 10
look up, when his head was caught by the
timbers and he was badly injured. Hi
breast bone and collar bone were broken,
but the whole extent Of his injuries was
not learned when the parties bringing the
news left the camp. A Tucson surgeon
had been summoned TO attend the un.
fortunate miner.--Enterprise.
Capt. Jack Burgess has been sampling
the lead mines OF Messrs. Haley & Nc.
Callen, in Mineral Creek, for Chicago
parties, and fnds them large bodies oi
good grade carbonate ores, and there Il
every prospect Of stir in that section in
the near future. The rise in the price o'
copper will give al impetus to the copper
properties in that section. And with a
big plant Oh Burgess Il Gil,nan's Table
Mountain mines, which ARE sold 10 Colo
rado parties, we can make respectable
showing in copper tambien.
The Sample, under g. s. Barnhart's
management, is improving az depth IL
gained, and the developments already
warrant reduction works. Superintendent
Barnhart has upon the dump assorted
and ready for shipment qnite a quantity
OF good ore, which he assured us would
assay 400 ounces, which is pretty good
for Penal county. They have erected a
whim, and now the ore comes TO the sur.
lace in a jifty, 800 pounds at clatter
Alex. Barker is foreman, and force o.
six men are employed. Az the mine j.
opened 'nnre mon will be put to work and
4ystematic development pursued.
At the Mammoth things are progress
ing finely under the management o.
Richard Rolands. Esq The shaft i,
down 100 feet, making total depth o.
400 feet. The shaft is vertical and the
ledge has dipped away, bnt a cross-cu1
shows an immense body Of the finest gold
ore, heavy iron-stained quartz, Utterly
alive with free gold. Colonel Andrew
Wallace is busy at work fitting up an ex
perimen.al battery Of ten stamps, with
pan and settlers, and Prof. Thos. Price, o
San Francisco, is confident OF being ablt
to work the ore, which has proved rebel
lions heretofore, up to assay valne. Well
plenty Of $85 90 gold ore and lOO-stam,
mill are happy combination, and vii
increase the bullion output Of Pima
county to considerable amount The oh
iect Of the new company is to prove thu
mine to depth of 800 feet, and they con
fidently expect to obtain sufficient wate
in the mine at that depth to run 'O(
stamps, when the mill will be removed Il
the mine.-San Pedro Correspondent
Enterprise.
YAvAPAI COUNTY.
W. A. Rowe continues to ship ore from
the Davis mine.
w. w. Davis is taking rich ore out O
the Dunkirk mine.
Brown and Dunlap are arrastraipg or,
in Crook Canyon from their mine il
Maple Gulch.
Some of the Blue Dick ore that IL nov
at the sampler will produce 600 ounce,
Of silver per ton.
Dan Hatz has presented this office will
handsome specimen from his Buens
Vista mine, Hassayampa district. HI
has several tons Of ore ready to ship
The mine is well developed, mostly by
long tunnels.
Frank A. Biffar, Jas. Allen and more
miners are here from Cherry district
They brought in to the sampler severa
tons Of gold and silver ores from the B. 8
3. and other mines. These ores are high
grade and will pay profit over and above
expenses.-Courier.
Jesse Jones has filed seven location
notices Of mining claims in Walnut Grove
district for record, and A. w. Callen one
From J. G. Herndon. who returned
yesterday from visit to the Eta mine
at Cherry creek. 1t Is learned that con
nection between the tunnel and shaft is
expected to be made this week. The
shaft is down lS0 feet, while the tunnel il
in "a feet. At the bottom Of the shaft
and in the tunnel there is a iour.foot vein
Of very fine ore, and the property is very
promising. A number OF Eastern stock.
holders are expected here in few days.
Mr.. Herndon also states that Judge
Richard De Kuhn, who is engaged in de-
veloping the Mocking Bird claim, struck
big body Of $50 TO $40 ore on Tuesday,
and is now one Of the prospective bonanza
kings OF this section. n.--Journal- Miner.
GRAHAM COUNTY.
The third shipment Of ore from the
Wonderful! mine WAS made this week
one hundred and FIVE sac IS OF high grade
ore. 1t is said that better looking rock is
at present being taken out than at any
time since the claim was opened.
Work on Hovsy and Friends Chase
creek gold claim has been pushed vigor-
ously the past week. and the owners now